SeatAvailabilityRQ - ShortSell

User Guidance - Service Input Parameters

Input Parameters

Type

Optional/Mandatory

Request Object

SeatAvailabilityRQ

M

<SeatAvailabilityRQ>

XML Example for the following elements

<SeatAvailabilityRQ Version="17.2" xmlns="http://www.iata.org/IATA/EDIST">

Elements

Details

Mandatory/Optional

Specify NDC schema message version. Always pass 17.2

M

XML Example for the following elements

<Document>
        <Name>NDC</Name>
        <ReferenceVersion>17.2</ReferenceVersion>
</Document>

Elements

Details

Mandatory/Optional

Document

NDC Message Document information

M

Name

Document name will be always NDC

O

ReferenceVersion

Will be NDC version

O

XML Example for the following elements

<ns:PointOfSale>
    <ns:Location>
        <ns:CountryCode>IT</ns:CountryCode>
        <ns:CityCode>ROM</ns:CityCode>
    </ns:Location>
    <ns:RequestTime Zone = "CET">2019-01-28T07:01:00</ns:RequestTime>
</ns:PointOfSale>

Elements

Details

Mandatory/Optional

Location

Point of sale location information.

CountryCode

Country Code

M

CityCode

Airport or City Code

M

RequestTime

Point Of Sale Timestamp value

Example: 2017-01-13T13:59:38Z

M

Zone

Point of Sale timezone

Example : UTC, CET

M

<Party>

XML Example for the following elements

Normal bookings/B2C bookings

<ns:Party>
    <ns:Sender>
        <ns:AgentUserSender>
            <ns:Name>CHANNEL NAME</ns:Name>
            <ns:AgentUserID>CHANNEL CODE</ns:AgentUserID>
        </ns:AgentUserSender>
    </ns:Sender>
    <ns:Recipient>
        <ns:ORA_Recipient>
            <ns:AirlineID>AIRLINE CODE</ns:AirlineID>
            <ns:Name>AIRLINE NAME</ns:Name>
        </ns:ORA_Recipient>
    </ns:Recipient>
</ns:Party>

B2B login/travel agent login

<edis:Party>
    <edis:Sender>
        <edis:AgentUserSender>
            <edis:OtherIDs>
                <edis:OtherID Description = "Booking Channel ID">CHANNEL CODE given by IBS</edis:OtherID>
            </edis:OtherIDs>
            <edis:AgentUserID Owner = "Agency code">Agent id</edis:AgentUserID>
        </edis:AgentUserSender>
    </edis:Sender>
    <edis:Recipient>
        <edis:ORA_Recipient>
            <edis:AirlineID>AIRLINE CODE</edis:AirlineID>
            <edis:Name>AIRLINE NAME</edis:Name>
        </edis:ORA_Recipient>
    </edis:Recipient>
</edis:Party>

Elements

Details

Mandatory/Optional

Party

Party & Sender Definition

M

Sender

Message Sender information.

M

AgentUserSender

Agent User Sender Details

M

Name

Agency Seller Name

M

AgentUserID

User ID of the Agent

Example:

<ns:AgentUserID>CHANNELXXX</ns:AgentUserID>

M

Owner (Attribute)

Airline designator or CRS code of the owner/ assigner of the Offer ID, typically used for offer ordering purposes.

Example:

<edis:AgentUserID Owner = "TravelDestiny">TravelAgent1</edis:AgentUserID>

O

OtherIDs

Additional Agency (Seller) identification

O

OtherID

Other Identifier

M

Description (Attribute)

Other identification description.

M

Recipient

Named Message Recipient.

M

ORA_Recipient

SUPPLIER: ORA (Offer Originating Airline)

Recipient.

M

AirlineID

Airline ID

M

Name

Airline Name

M

Owner (Attribute)

Agency Code in Case of B2B

M

XML Example for Query Object

SeatAvailability request for selected flights in the Selected Offer

<ns:Query>
      <ns:Offer OfferID="OF1-eJx9zkEKwjAUBNATWfKn-cnPMtYWXNhijWBWc-9bmCBSdeEsB.Yx4kUQJQ7inTCVPG.JojGYKVwLH1di8EznJXO6b5zGdVkvhT2CRuMtsy4YtOtxkA8uslrpdGycBYXtnAAs4yy-niE0rxDsTTv35RkrVh..PKvNfs-5f17CG6R7AvtjPfI_" Owner="AIRLINE CODE" ResponseID="tx-08-201-f7e19798-c640-48e4">
       	  <ns:SegmentID>V1_SEG.1</ns:SegmentID>
          <ns:SegmentID>V1_SEG.2</ns:SegmentID>
      </ns:Offer>
</ns:Query>

SeatAvailability request for all flights in the Selected Offer

<ns:Query>
      <ns:Offer OfferID="OF1-eJx9zkEKwjAUBNATWfKn-cnPMtYWXNhijWBWc-9bmCBSdeEsB.Yx4kUQJQ7inTCVPG.JojGYKVwLH1di8EznJXO6b5zGdVkvhT2CRuMtsy4YtOtxkA8uslrpdGycBYXtnAAs4yy-niE0rxDsTTv35RkrVh..PKvNfs-5f17CG6R7AvtjPfI_" Owner="AIRLINE CODE" ResponseID="tx-08-201-f7e19798-c640-48e4">
      </ns:Offer>
</ns:Query>

Elements

Details

Mandatory/Optional

<Query>

Core Query for SeatAvailabilty

M

<Offer>

To get a Seat Info using shortsell, the client should use this tag to provide details.

M

OfferID (Attribute)

This is the OfferID returned in AirShoppingRS for the Selected offer the customer wishes to book the flight

M

ResponseID (Attribute)

This is the ResponseID returned in AirShoppingRS

M

Owner (Attribute)

Should be always set to Airline Code

M

<SegmentID>

Reference to the segment for which seat maps are required.
The segmentID can be obtained from the previous service.
The absence of this element is equivalent to an all-segments request.
Requested flight segment needs to be part of the OfferId.

O

Elements

Details

Mandatory/Optional

<PassengerList>

Passenger data list definition/details.

M

Passenger

Any person except members of the crew carried or to be carried with the consent of the carrier, on board of any transport vehicle such as aircraft, train, bus, ship.

M

PassengerID (Attribute)

Uniquely identifies a Passenger within the context of one message.

Example:

V1_PAX.1, V1_PAX.2 ,V1_PAX.3

M

PTC

Type code applying to the Passenger which typically drives pricing.

Example: ADT, CHD, INF

O